Brief filed opposing vouchers money to religious schools

12:16 AM,
Mar. 16, 2013

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Attorneys representing the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Louisiana, the Interfaith Alliance Foundation and Americans United for Separation of Church and State filed legal documents Friday that widen the argument against the state's voucher system.

The filing, called a "friend of the court" brief, supports the court's ruling that the program's funding mechanism is unconstitutional and adds an argument against public money going to religious organizations.

The voucher program allows lower income students from failing schools to attend participating nonpublic ...